Mel Packer in Philadelphia Jan. 16 Articles / County News Posted by hillarya on Jan 10, 2010 - 07:21 PM Mel Packer, long-time peace activist, and member of the Green Party of Allegheny County, will be in Philadelphia the weekend of January 16-17. We have invited him to give a brief talk to the Green Party of Philadelphia about the future of the peace movement in the age of Obama. Save the date! When: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:30 PM Where: Singapore Vegetarian Restaurant, 1006 Race Street Tickets cost $30 and include a full dinner and a small donation to the party. Please RSVP to gpop@gpop.org [1]. Can’t make it? Donate here to allow others to attend. http://www.gpop.org/news/?page_id=142 [2] More about Mel Packer: 40 year history as a peace, justice, and labor activist. Pittsburgh resident, member of the Green Party of Allegheny County and the Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee. Recently involved with the Pittsburgh G-20 protests working closely with both the Anti-War Committee and the G-20 Resistance Project, the anarchist-led G20 organizing effort. Writer: published in The New People, CounterPunch, and other publications Past President of the Thomas Merton Center Board A Founding member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union Currently employed as a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine. Read his most recent article in CounterPunch at: http://www.counterpunch.org/packer10092009.html [3] This article is from Green Party of Pennsylvania   http://www.greenpartypa.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.greenpartypa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=278 Links in this article   [1] gpop@gpop.org   [2] http://www.gpop.org/news/?page_id=142   [3] http://www.counterpunch.org/packer10092009.html